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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 19 13 



torily on the grafted root during the winter, 

 and most of the growers threw it out. 

 Those who grew it on its own roots were 

 well satisfied with it and this year "own 

 root" stock only is being grown. Thus 

 far the returns are perfectly satisfactory. 

 It is a beautiful rose, much the same color 

 as Mrs. Aaron Ward, but the bud is much 

 longer and pointed (a quality much sought). 

 It has a longer stem and is a freer producer. 

 Sunburst in our opinion is probably a 

 better rose than Lady Hillingdon. The 

 latter is a pure canary yellow which colors 

 up well in winter and is a free producer, 

 but it lacks fulness in size and where space 

 is limited to one sort, our choice would fall 

 on Sunburst. 



In passing we desire to speak a good 

 word for Antoine Rivoire (sometimes 

 known as Mrs. Taft) and Radiance. An- 

 toine Rivoire is a general favorite. The 

 buds are finely formed and are a beautiful 

 shell pink in color. It is a clean, vigorous 

 grower with long, stiff stems. The cut 

 flowers always bring the top price in the 

 open market, which is a final test of its 

 general utility. 



Radiance is a deep cerise pink and a most 

 vigorous grower so that the veriest ama- 

 teur in greenhouse management cannot 

 fail to grow it successfully. 



Some few growers are trying out this 

 year the much heralded British Queen but 

 thus far the results are very disappointing. 



Up until the last two or three years there 

 was a dearth of new roses, particularly 

 American, but the interest now seems to be 

 thoroughly aroused and from now on we 

 may look for additions every year. 



II. The Latest in Carnations 



WE HAVE spoken of 

 the "dearth of 



new roses" but we can- 

 not say the same of carna- 

 tions. They come along 

 with persistent regularity 

 every year. The winter 

 flowering carnation of to- 

 day is a true American 

 product and it is perhaps 

 the only floral product 

 that the Europeans pro- 

 cure from this side of the 

 water. 



Of the newer varieties that are to be dis- 

 tributed this season, perhaps the most strik- 

 ing is Matchless. This is a large white 

 variety for which there is lots of room. 

 We question if it will displace that other 

 sterling white variety, White Wonder, an 

 introduction of two years ago. But there 

 is room for both. Matchless is more vigor- 

 ous and will unquestionably make a larger 

 plant; it will give longer stems and larger 

 flowers earlier in the season. It is a won- 

 derfully free producer and when you con- 

 sider its productiveness along with its size, 

 length of stems and general good qualities, 

 you may be sure that it is a novelty to 

 be reckoned with. Excepting White Won- 

 der there is nothing else in white that 



actually pays to grow. White Enchant- 

 ress is still largely grown, but with most 

 growers it bursts its calyx so much in dull 

 weather that it is unprofitable. 



Princess Dagmar, another novelty of 

 merit, is very highly regarded by all who 

 have seen it. The color is crimson or 

 maroon, a grade not much called for in the 

 New York market, but, strange to say, it 

 meets with a good demand in Boston, Phila- 

 delphia,<and provincial towns, and the ama- 

 teur always calls for it. The demand may have 

 been influenced by the fact that there has not 

 been much of this color to offer. Harlowarden 

 and Harry Fenn have been the leaders in the 

 color for many years past. Since the 

 advent of these two, we have had Daheim, 

 Octaroon, Crimson Beauty and others, 

 but they did not reach the commercial 

 standard that we have in other colors, and 

 their cultivation from a commercial stand- 

 point for their color alone has not been 

 warranted. 



Last year a limited quantity of British 

 Triumph reached these shores and is prov- 

 ing to be a good carnation. It is a bright, 

 catchy crimson, rather than maroon, and 

 has a bright velvety sheen. It also has 

 the sweetest perfume of any carna- 

 tion. 



Princess Dagmar has a larger flower and 

 longer stem and probably produces a 

 good deal more freely. From the points of 

 quantity and quality they will rank with 

 the best, and there is room for both; but if 

 one crimson only can be grown our fancy 

 would be for Princess Dagmar. 



Philadelphia was the centre of admiration 

 when first exhibited at the Carnation 

 Society's convention in Detroit two years 

 ago. In size and length of stem it is not 

 phenomenal, but its color is a beautiful 

 silvery pink, the color that made Fiancee 

 famous. Its habit is robust and it is 

 remarkably free, and it will unquestion- 

 ably prove to be a grand commercial 

 carnation. 



Mrs. Coombes is another pink variety 

 that attracted much attention at the Inter- 

 national Flower Show in New York last 

 spring. Standing as it did amongst other 

 pink sorts, its color was so distinct and 

 telling that it could be readily discerned 

 from the opposite side of the hall, and, after 

 all, color is largely what sells a flower, par- 

 ticularly when it possesses the other 

 recognized qualifications. 



We need "new blood" in the pink sec- 

 tion. Winsor is too small; Gloriosa dis- 

 eases badly with most growers; and Pink 

 Delight is not profitable except in some 

 favored sections. The newcomers have an 

 open field. Gorgeous, another sterling nov- 

 elty, from the greatest of all carnation 

 raisers, Peter Fisher, is an "American 

 Beauty" amongst carnations, and gorge- 

 ous, as the name implies. The color is 

 hard to describe. The centre of the 

 flower is crimson and vermilion, shading 

 out on the edges to a rose pink. The 

 stem is from three to four feet long and the 

 expanded flower from three and a half to 



four inches across. The raiser does not 

 claim that it is free, but that it marks a 

 new epoch as Mrs; T. W. Lawson did. It 

 will rank high as an exhibition flower. 



Mrs. Cheney is a new variegated sort, 

 with extra heavy markings of red and white. 

 It is quite distinct from Benora (our best 

 variegated sort to date). It is a really 

 attractive flower, very free, is healthy and 

 is really worthy of a place in every col- 

 lection. 



All the foregoing will be offered as novel- 

 ties this coming season. For several of 

 them heavy orders are already booked, and 

 the demand may exceed the supply. 



Of the novelties that were distributed 

 last spring, and of which good reports are 

 heard, are Northport, Enchantress Supreme, 

 William Eccles, and Lady Northcliffe. 



Northport is free in habit, healthy and 

 vigorous. In color it most resembles the 

 Mrs. T. W. Lawson and Mrs. C. W. Ward. 

 Growing alongside of these old favorites 

 it certainly looks superior in every way 

 and will no doubt displace them. 



Enchantress Supreme is a sport of the 

 old favorite Enchantress. Enchantress 

 has stood the test of time better than any 

 other carnation ever raised, and is universally 

 grown to-day. It has the one very bad fault, 

 however, in most places, of bursting its 

 calyx, particularly in dull weather. In 

 some cases as high as 70 per cent, are bursts, 

 and this makes it unprofitable. In Enchan- 

 tress Supreme the calyx is longer and 

 stronger, and there are very few bursts. 

 The color is also more intense, and does 

 not fade out as the season advances. It 

 produces just as freely and is equally as 

 vigorous and will unquestionably take the 

 place of the older sort in the next two 

 years. 



William Eccles is a fine clear scarlet, 

 with long stems, sweet perfume, and a non- 

 bursting calyx. For years Beacon has 

 been the only thing that we have had in 

 red. Beacon is a red rather than a scarlet 

 and has a decided brick red tinge, and like 

 Enchantress it is bursting its calyx from 

 50 per cent, to 75 per cent., William Eccles 

 does not appear to produce as many shoots 

 as Beacon, but the plants can be set closer 

 in the benches ; being practically a non- 

 burster every flower is good. It seems sure 

 to become a standard variety. 



Lady Northcliffe is an English variety 

 that has not been much tried here thus far, 

 but what we have seen of it convinces us 

 that it has come to stay for some time. 

 The color is salmon pink somewhat re- 

 sembling Pink Delight, a color that greatly 

 pleases the ladies. The color is constant 

 at all times and does not fade out as the 

 season advances, which is one drawback to 

 many an otherwise good flower. The 

 flower is not full, but has just enough in it 

 to make a perfect bloom, and a burst calyx 

 is unknown. It has a sweet perfume, and 

 is one of the best keepers we have ever 

 known. The flowers are not as large as 

 some of our newer sorts, but it produces as 

 freely as the old May Day. 



